Last tango in Monterrey

You've probably heard that ancient joke about the Aggie who heard that most accidents take place within 25 miles of home, so he moved.  It always reminds me that of all the times I've fallen off horses, the only time I really hurt myself falling was when I tripped on a tennis court. 

It was bad enough that I have been sore from crashing on the running path.  Yesterday, while some of our kids and grandkids were getting their gear out the front door, my husband, who was humming a tango, grabbed me and started to dance.  At this point, I need to discuss Mexican arts and crafts.

While in Querétaro last year, I bought some delightful woolen mice, stuffed with sand, that are meant to keep your door from slamming when a breeze whips through the house.  I bought two, one for the front door and one for a door that goes to the breakfast room.  The grandkids love them, of course.

Well, in a move that only a very young man should try, Beto went swirling around, and I was just holding on and trying not to get stomped on, since I had on sandles and it would have killed my foot.  I backed into the doormouse and, of course, began to fall down.  It was Keystone cops there for a while, except that Beto seemed to hit every object in the room before finally striking the floor a mighty blow with his right gluteous maximus.  Unfortunately, his gluteous isn't very maximus and there isn't much cushioning.  In a matter of a fraction of a second, he looked like he'd been mugged.

I'm glad to say he is fine, nothing broken, but plenty is sore.  I, on the other hand, am now evenly sore on both sides of my body--from my flying leap on the running path and from my flying leap during the tango.  I keep telling people that fibromyalgia wreaks havoc with your sense of balance, but no one believes me.  But they will now--"they" being Beto, of course.  I took ballroom dancing a million years ago and loved it, but we didn't learn this tango move.  I think it was one of those spontaneous things Beto does from time to time, but from now on, it aint gonna be with me!